Connettivi e Marcatori del Discorso – Connectors and Discourse Markers

inoltre

moreover, furthermore, in addition

tuttavia

however, nevertheless

invece

instead; on the other hand

perciò

therefore, so

quindi

so, therefore, consequently

allora

so, then, well then

dunque

so, therefore, thus

comunque

anyway, in any case; however

nonostante ciò

despite this, nonetheless

ad esempio

for example, for instance

in particolare

in particular, especially

cioè

that is, i.e., namely

ossia

that is, in other words, or rather

infine

finally, lastly

innanzitutto

first of all, above all

anzitutto

first of all, to begin with

soprattutto

above all, especially

tuttora

still, to this day

infatti

in fact, indeed

anzi

on the contrary, rather

piuttosto

rather, instead; or rather

almeno

at least

anche se

even if, even though

sebbene

although, though (+ subjunctive)

benché

although, even though (+ subjunctive)

finché

until; as long as

affinché

so that, in order that (+ subjunctive)

cosicché

so that, with the result that

poiché

since, because, as

dacché

since, ever since (literary)

a meno che

unless (+ subjunctive)

fintanto che

as long as, while

mentre

while, whereas

però

but, however

ma

but

bensì

but rather (after a negative: non... bensì)

eppure

and yet, still, nevertheless

a meno che non

unless (+ subjunctive)

per quanto

however much, although; as far as

a tale scopo

to this end, for this purpose

di conseguenza

consequently, as a result

in conclusione

in conclusion, to sum up